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Client/Server Architectures for Business Information Systems A Pattern Language

Klaus Renzel
sd&m GmbH & Co. KG Project ARCUS 1
Thomas-Dehler-Str. 27 D-81737 Mnchen, Germany
email: Klaus.Renzel@sdm.de

[Phone: +49-89-63812-251]

Wolfgang Keller
EA Generali
Reumannplatz 7 A-1100 Vienna, Austria
email: WofgangWKeller@compuserve.com

[Phone: +43-1-53401-0]

[Copyright 1997, Klaus Renzel, Wolfgang Keller Permission granted to copy for PLoP97 Conference. All other rights reserved.]

Abstract: This paper presents several patterns for distributing business information systems that are structured according to a layered architecture. 2 Each distribution pattern cuts the architecture into different client and server components. All the patterns presented give an answer to the same question: How do I distribute a business information system? However, the consequences of applying the patterns are very different with regards to the forces influencing distributed systems design.

1 Introduction